Can do things a gun can't do... although each has its purposes. These are solid pieces of steel. ...right about the snap-cut, as he calls it. It's intrinsic, if you're lucky enough, to have kinesthetic perception, when idiots accost you, but never heard it detailed. As with ball bats, many people don't utilize 'em, in situations to their best, always swinging, instead of jabs B4 swings. I finally get to see the fella who made some of my favorite toys...
Cold Steel makes some of the toughest production knives. These videos are to show that under EXTREME conditions they hold up. Meaning using them for their intended purpose will give you years of service. Sure the Tanto profile may be hundreds of years old, but Cold Steel made them available and affordable to the US market in the 80's and is still going strong.
That poor tennis ball! This is and outrage! Okay fair enough some poor animals had to meet an unfair end to make this video, but at least they may have been eating afterwards, but that poor tennis ball! It died in vein!
I have heard some people say that this blade design is poor for cutting hard to medium-hard targets and the edge could not stand up to repeated tamagashiri and bamboo cutting tests to simulate combat condition. I guess they mean feudal Japanese combat condition ;-p Have you done prolonged and repeated cutting on "hard" targets to test this? Great knives great vids.
I love this series of knives. At what length would this blade geometry be unproductive or begin to fail? I would love to see this blade design in 16, 18 or even 22 inches but most blade enthusiasts say a hollow grind and secondary bevel is too weak and could not hold up for a long blade ie sword blade. After seeing these demos I am begining to disagree but you are the experts what to you think? Great tests keep them coming!
Tanto point blades are good for one thing, and that is punching through armor. That style of blade was used in ancient japanese times as the top rated comment says, and it punched through a samurai's armor. Which you can research if you want, but it was heavy duty stuff. I find classic blade styles better for self defense against unarmored opponents..
@Berean55 so, you estimate the quality of the knife by where is made, and not how is made ? if they would made this knife EXACTLY how they made it ,but in usa it would be a better quality knife ?
@CannibalizedMan no lol, i am trying to say isn't that a little much? but it is awesome, i am not against carrying a 12" self defense knife. there's just no concealability in a giant knife like that
I like how he tries to take credit for "designing" that style of tanto when it was actually ripped from ancient Japanese designs (e.g.; Fujiwara Masahiro, Fujiwara Hirotoka, etc.) and performs the same as the slightly curved tips of old.
@Wodjanje he popularized it in the US...and he perfected the design with modern steel (nobody is going to fold iron and double temper commercially). If he wanted to take credit, he wouln't have called it a friggin TANTO. get your facts straight dumass, Lynn makes and invents quality stuff.
@princeofiron Before you go off on any other people with your cluelessness. Fat bastard clearly states that he designed the tanto style blade with the reinforced point, which he didn't you jackhole. Did you even watch the video?
He is not taking credit for designing the ancient Japanese tantos, but for designing the "american style" tanto with a different kind of blade and point, which is quite different from the traditional japanese designs.
The tanto design is really ancient, I'd hardly call a 1000 years "ancient" and although is the same design, nobody had done it in a knife, so he can take credit for this.
@AmericanEuro1 This so-called "Americanized" tanto is a blade shape known as kiriha-zukuri and is found on blades before the 9th century; that's 1300 years, so yes, it is ancient. Also, tanto blades ranged in size from 6" to 12". Oh, look! Cold Steel Master Tanto: 6" blade. Magnum Tanto II: 7.5" blade. Magnum Tanto IX: 9" blade. And Magnum Tanto XII: 12" blade. Hey! Those are the same sizes on historical tantos! In other words, no, he can't take credit for the design. All he can take credit for
The Recon Tanto ($120 msrp) iskind of like an economic version of the Master Tanto ($325 msrp), but I'd like to see an economical version of this MAGNUM tanto ($525 msrp)...
Gonna get me one of this
steveacesify 1 month ago
Can do things a gun can't do... although each has its purposes. These are solid pieces of steel. ...right about the snap-cut, as he calls it. It's intrinsic, if you're lucky enough, to have kinesthetic perception, when idiots accost you, but never heard it detailed. As with ball bats, many people don't utilize 'em, in situations to their best, always swinging, instead of jabs B4 swings. I finally get to see the fella who made some of my favorite toys...
dirtywhiteboymma 2 months ago
that tanto has a hollow grind and i really think that the hollow grind will not last as long as flat grinds would after years of sharpening
Colombiano671 2 months ago
keep pressing 2
Deadmau5x420 2 months ago
i want one of those with my happy meal :D
julian11522 2 months ago
i must have this .. then i will be like ninja
Eclipsepoland 6 months ago
and the chicks gonna be all over me
Eclipsepoland 6 months ago
Cold Steel makes some of the toughest production knives. These videos are to show that under EXTREME conditions they hold up. Meaning using them for their intended purpose will give you years of service. Sure the Tanto profile may be hundreds of years old, but Cold Steel made them available and affordable to the US market in the 80's and is still going strong.
dsg325 6 months ago 2
look at the black guy's face after he cuts the roap
TheBlooMonster 7 months ago
The only enormously dangerous situation this guy gets into is when someone cuts in front of him at the buffet.
throatpiece 7 months ago 4
seeing that guy cut the tennis ball in half made my balls hurt
codenamecrimsonwind 8 months ago
i want that....
driftworld86 8 months ago
That poor tennis ball! This is and outrage! Okay fair enough some poor animals had to meet an unfair end to make this video, but at least they may have been eating afterwards, but that poor tennis ball! It died in vein!
PriorBrian 8 months ago
I have heard some people say that this blade design is poor for cutting hard to medium-hard targets and the edge could not stand up to repeated tamagashiri and bamboo cutting tests to simulate combat condition. I guess they mean feudal Japanese combat condition ;-p Have you done prolonged and repeated cutting on "hard" targets to test this? Great knives great vids.
Ningishara 9 months ago
I love this series of knives. At what length would this blade geometry be unproductive or begin to fail? I would love to see this blade design in 16, 18 or even 22 inches but most blade enthusiasts say a hollow grind and secondary bevel is too weak and could not hold up for a long blade ie sword blade. After seeing these demos I am begining to disagree but you are the experts what to you think? Great tests keep them coming!
Ningishara 9 months ago
Tanto point blades are good for one thing, and that is punching through armor. That style of blade was used in ancient japanese times as the top rated comment says, and it punched through a samurai's armor. Which you can research if you want, but it was heavy duty stuff. I find classic blade styles better for self defense against unarmored opponents..
airsoftsurvivalman12 10 months ago
dude, you must LOVE your job. Making knives, cutting stuff to show how they work. I WOULD KILL TO HAVE THAT lol!!!
giorgios95 10 months ago
he just cut a tennis ball..........DAMN
knoobesauce 10 months ago
Friend of mine uses this for slicing bread. He swears by it.
x2L84Ux 10 months ago
george foreman sells knives now i guess
HATINTHEKAT 10 months ago
Who will cut the chicken today?
ME! (Stands up and cuts the hell outta chickin')
NightmaRReify 11 months ago
Cold Steel is the BEST
motomissle 1 year ago 3
That fat guy has got some serious anger issues against meat and ropes.
JL3IMetal 1 year ago
I wonder if they save all that meat...
atomicaleb 1 year ago
there blades are shit made in Taiwan crap don't buy them
Berean55 1 year ago
@Berean55 so, you estimate the quality of the knife by where is made, and not how is made ? if they would made this knife EXACTLY how they made it ,but in usa it would be a better quality knife ?
deathangellink 1 year ago
I own this. It is not a knife, it is a wakizashi.
JimiDelicious 1 year ago
new spokes person? hes the owner lmao
lumberjack0716 1 year ago
damn he's fat
datlik9 1 year ago
poor meat
DeathRow200 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT WAS THAT MIKE TYSON?!
HotPocketAirsoft 1 year ago
Cold Steel needs a new spokesperson.....
Ctran301 1 year ago
@nightmarefacility dude....this comment cracks me up. lmao.
CoachAsmono 1 year ago
That was one dangerous tennis ball! Good thing he had his Cold Steel Magnum Tanto XII! Saved his life.
eas26 1 year ago
:[ $500
iamnotme1234 1 year ago
I'd so buy this if it weren't $500.
M4ST3RL1NKX88 1 year ago
i hope they eat that meat it looks good
jacobninja25 1 year ago
who would carry a 12" self defense knife??!!!
CannibalizedMan 1 year ago
@CannibalizedMan i would
jacobninja25 1 year ago
@jacobninja25 lol i meant to say self defense sword
CannibalizedMan 1 year ago
@CannibalizedMan sir are you high
jacobninja25 1 year ago
@CannibalizedMan no lol, i am trying to say isn't that a little much? but it is awesome, i am not against carrying a 12" self defense knife. there's just no concealability in a giant knife like that
CannibalizedMan 1 year ago
@CannibalizedMan
Hell yeah.
M4ST3RL1NKX88 1 year ago
I like how he tries to take credit for "designing" that style of tanto when it was actually ripped from ancient Japanese designs (e.g.; Fujiwara Masahiro, Fujiwara Hirotoka, etc.) and performs the same as the slightly curved tips of old.
Wodjanje 1 year ago 17
@Wodjanje i think that is an american tanto.
mattestabrooks 1 year ago
@Wodjanje We know that, and he knows that, He made THAT tanto knife, carbon steel and all
wingzero7X 1 year ago
@Wodjanje he popularized it in the US...and he perfected the design with modern steel (nobody is going to fold iron and double temper commercially). If he wanted to take credit, he wouln't have called it a friggin TANTO. get your facts straight dumass, Lynn makes and invents quality stuff.
princeofiron 1 year ago 2
@princeofiron Before you go off on any other people with your cluelessness. Fat bastard clearly states that he designed the tanto style blade with the reinforced point, which he didn't you jackhole. Did you even watch the video?
MrEHondaSF 1 year ago
@MrEHondaSF anyone that tries talking shit about Lynn Thompson, doesnt know jackshit about knifes.
JungleCage07 1 year ago
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@MrEHondaSF Anyone that talks shit about Lynn Thompson doesn't know shit about knifes.
JungleCage07 1 year ago
@Wodjanje
He is not taking credit for designing the ancient Japanese tantos, but for designing the "american style" tanto with a different kind of blade and point, which is quite different from the traditional japanese designs.
MrExperior 1 year ago 11
@Wodjanje he's talking about the tanto HE designed, he's not using the same fucking design.
kingmigget 11 months ago
@Wodjanje
The tanto design is really ancient, I'd hardly call a 1000 years "ancient" and although is the same design, nobody had done it in a knife, so he can take credit for this.
AmericanEuro1 8 months ago
@AmericanEuro1 This so-called "Americanized" tanto is a blade shape known as kiriha-zukuri and is found on blades before the 9th century; that's 1300 years, so yes, it is ancient. Also, tanto blades ranged in size from 6" to 12". Oh, look! Cold Steel Master Tanto: 6" blade. Magnum Tanto II: 7.5" blade. Magnum Tanto IX: 9" blade. And Magnum Tanto XII: 12" blade. Hey! Those are the same sizes on historical tantos! In other words, no, he can't take credit for the design. All he can take credit for
ChishioAme 3 months ago 2
@AmericanEuro1 Is using modern materials in the knife. That's it.
ChishioAme 3 months ago
@Wodjanje how about you give me some more history about this "tanto"
it's not the same as the tip cold steel makes
rachet197 3 weeks ago
@Wodjanje I would have to disagree with you.
duocore2xtra 1 week ago
I was under the impression this style of tanto was designed by Bob Lum... that's what he's famous for...
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
Black man smiling with knife. Nothing sus at all
Morgan12195 1 year ago
@Morgan12195 ?
Doublehelixx23 1 year ago
This demo makes me hungry......mmmm beef brisket
Raidogen 1 year ago
Superb !
locolopelocolope 1 year ago
It's one of the sharpest knives ever created.
Spyhunter3391 1 year ago
i wonder if they will cook and eat the meat later XD
SpiningChocolate 1 year ago
OH WOW I MUST HAVE ITS AWSOME!!!!!
MrTechGuy1995 1 year ago
favourite cold steel knife
adsy69 1 year ago
Awesome Video as always wish I could afford your blades though.....
bigfraz6 1 year ago
So do I.
The Recon Tanto ($120 msrp) iskind of like an economic version of the Master Tanto ($325 msrp), but I'd like to see an economical version of this MAGNUM tanto ($525 msrp)...
Maybe a "Recon Magnum XII" for $250 msrp?
stealthbeast 1 year ago